Finished Projects
Studies of thermofluid dynamics of production processes.
Financial Support: FINEP
Duration: 2000 – 2002
Flow Assurance II – Activities in hydrates, paraffins and multiphase measurement
Financial Support: FINEP
Duration: 2000 – 2002
Heavy oil flow
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2000 – 2001
Flow Assurance II – Activities in hydrates and paraffins
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2000 – 2001
Production and multiphase transport of heavy oil
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2001 – 2006
Downhole separators for oil and gas
Financial Support: FINEP
Duration: 2003 – 2004
Heavy oil lifting assisted with water
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2006 – 2009
Lifting of heavy oils combining HSP and Core-Flow
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2006 – 2009
Artificial lift project with volumetric pumps
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2009 – 2009
Research and development in oil and gas reservoirs and exploitation
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2009 – 2014
Visualization of two-phase gas-liquid flows in ESP
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2009 – 2012
Thermofluid dynamic study of flow assurance of paraffinic oils in pipelines
Financial Support: Repsol
Duration: 2010 – 2014
ESP operating with gas and viscous oil
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2011 – 2015
Tests for use of Electrical Submersible Pump as flowmeter
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2011 – 2012
Use of the ultrasonic technique and neural networks for determination of the dispersed phases concentration and detection of multiphase flow topology
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2011 – 2016
Performance of multi-stage centrifugal pumps operating with oil-water and oil-water-gas mixtures
Financial Support: Equinor
Duration: 2013 – 2018
Tests of heavy oils for use in ESP and viscosity reduction
Financial Support: Enauta
Duration: 2014 – 2015
Wax deposition for two-phase flow systems in ducts
Financial Support: Repsol
Duration: 2014 – 2018
Studies on artificial lift and flow assurance for ultra-viscous oil production
Financial Support: Enauta
Duration: 2015 – 2019
Development of a methodology to evaluate anti-foam for petroleum in the laboratory
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2015 – 2018
Study of gas-liquid flow in ESP Skids
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2016 – 2019
Experimental and theoretical study of horizontal and slightly inclined liquid-liquid and liquid-liquid-gas flows with viscous fluid and proposal of slip models for application in the Marlim software
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2018 – 2022
Experimental and numerical study of horizontal and slightly inclined multiphase flow through choke valves
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2018 – 2022
Experimental study of ESPs operating with single-phase viscous flow
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2018 – 2021
Improvement of laboratory methodology to evaluate the performance of defoamers for Petroleum
Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2018 – 2022
NUTS – Evaluation of superparamagnetic nanoparticles as heat generators for flow assurance evaluation
Financial Support: Repsol
Duration: 2019 – 2021